P158.9M released to Subic-area LGUs

Some P158.9 million in revenue shares were distributed to eight contiguous local government units (LGUs) by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as part of their earnings for the second semester of 2025.

SBMA chairman and administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño said the amount released surpassed the P143.17 million distributed during the same period last year by 10.99 percent.

Aliño said the revenue shares are determined based on a formula of 50 percent population, 25 percent land area, and 25 percent equal sharing.

Olongapo City received the largest share at P36.73 million, followed by Subic, Zambales, with P23.95 million; Dinalupihan, Bataan, with P19.99 million; San Marcelino, Zambales, with P19.14 million; Hermosa, Bataan, with P17.06 million; Castillejos, Zambales, with P14.44 million; Morong, Bataan, with P14.09 million; and San Antonio, Zambales, with P13.5 million.

Aliño said the revenue shares are extended to contiguous LGUs to augment their funds for calamity response, health and safety, peace and order, livelihood generation, education, tourism, infrastructure and social services.

In August 2025, the SBMA released a total of P197.85 million as revenue shares for the first semester. In all, the agency released P356.74 million in LGU shares for 2025.

The LGU shares are derived from the five-percent taxes paid by business locators in the Subic Bay Freeport and are collected from January to June for the first semester and from July to December for the second semester.